Bob Dylan's major collaborative tour with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers serving as backing band and co-headliners. The tour launched in the Southern Hemisphere with shows in New Zealand, Australia, and Japan before a 41-date North American summer run. The Australian leg was filmed for the concert film 'Hard to Handle' at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. Four North American shows featured the Grateful Dead as special guests (including the Rubber Bowl in Akron and RFK Stadium in Washington, DC).